Shelley Hack

Working on: A new ABC-TV series, Jack and Mike. I play a newspaper columnist married to a restaurateur.

The book I`ve been recommending lately is: In the Shadow of Man, by Jane Goodall.

Favorite pig-out food: When I`m really hungry, I`ll eat Fritos, but I`m usually very disciplined; with my schedule, you have to be. I don`t drink milk or eat wheat or sugar; I eat fish, fruit and salad.

Favorite childhood memory: Summer nights on the back porch talking with my two brothers and three sisters.

Every New Year`s I resolve: Resolutions are for people who haven`t done what they want to do. I figured out a while ago how I want to live my life.

Nobody knows I`m: A Chicago Bears fan.

I wish I could stop: Smoking. I still have an occasional cigarette, and I don`t like myself afterward.

I`d give anything to meet: Walter Payton.

When nobody`s looking, I: Drink herbal tea and talk to my dog.

A really great evening to me is: Sleeping. When you work 14-hour days, sleep is your favorite five-letter word.

People who knew me in high school thought I: Had already made it; I was a successful model.

My most irrational act: I took a year off when I was in college to go around the world, and I wound up in Australia studying archaeology. Everyone thought that was pretty irrational, but I thought it was great.